Re: Re: How to create CDATA tags with XML_Serializer

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:48:58 +0100, Torsten Roehr <roehr@zilleon.com> wrote: > Hi Stephan, > > "Stephan Schmidt" <schst@php.net> wrote in message > news:20050112191810.88310.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Hi, > > > > Torsten Roehr schrieb: > > > Hi, > > > > > > what is the best way to create CDATA when serializing an array into XML > with > > > XML_Serializer? If it's done manually by using a string like > > > <![CDATA[test]]> the < and > are converted to their respective html > special > > > chars. How can this be avoided? Applying html_entity_decode() as the > encode > > > function doesn't help as htmlspecialchars() seems to be applied > afterwards. > > > > Why do you need to create CData sections? > > To include any kind of characters that should not be parsed as XML. htmlentities is already run on the data in a tag (AFAIK) and this fixes this problem. The XML parser is supposed to convert them back. > > > This currently is not > > possible, you can add it as a feature request (in the bug tracker) and > > I'll implement this as soon as I have some time. > > I'll do this. By the way, your package is excellent. Takes some time to find > the right options but then it works like a charm! > > Thanks, Torsten -- Justin Patrin